ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The term ‘gentrification’ was first coined by sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964 as she studied the
inner-city neighbourhoods of London. She found that neighbourhoods experiencing urban decay
would be ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Invasions of alien species into non-native environments pose one of the largest, but
least addressed international threats to biodiversity, both within natural ecosystems and
agricultural settings. It ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The multifaceted land degradation problem and its associated manifold impacts have attracted
research from different disciplines, resulting in varying definitions of the concept. However, most
researchers ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Bush encroachment in savannas leads to reduced diversity, productivity and profitability of
rangelands. This holds important implications for the livestock and eco-tourism industries, as
well as for ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The terminology used in segregationist discourse that South Africa is a combination
of 'first world' and 'third world' elements has been appropriated from an international
discourse about problems of ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Twenty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa remains one of the most unequal countries in
the world. Socio-economic polarisation is entrenched by the lack of social capital and interactions
across ...

Small farm dams (< 20 ha) in the Western Cape Province provide adequate water conditions for
intensive cage production of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). A major environmental concern of
cage aquaculture, however, ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During the period 2006-2012, the Langkloof area, situated in the Eden District Municipality, suffered severely from environmental shocks and social stress including drought, flooding, hail, wildfire, ...

The historical distribution of Cape mountain zebra included Klein Namaqualand, the Kamiesberg region, and the Van Rhynsdorp, Piketberg, and Clanwilliam districts in the W, the Cape Mountain ranges in the S and SW, and the ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This reflexive study of responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic was set in Stellenbosch,
a town in the Cape Winelands that, with its diverse but disjointed population, in many
ways is a microcosm of South ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT:The historical Apartheid policy caused a lack ofinterest in metropolitan management
in South Africa. Metropolitan management mainly focussed on limiting the
accessibility ofthe non-white population to ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since 1994 South Africa has undergone numerous social and political transformations.
Transformation in this country has different meanings for different people, depending on
the individuals perspective. ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: While the importance of science and technology for society has long been
recognised, it has taken on ever increasing importance in the present century.
As a result this study, government (The year of ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aims to explore the existing knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among Congolese refugees living in Cape Town in order to create awareness and suggest possible measures to ...